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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - sliced fruit. 2014-09-02.
| Mexico | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | pink |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | open-pollinated, family heirloom |
| Country | Mexico |
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B.C KO T
- Indet., regular leaf plants. Large pink beefsteaks, 10-16 oz. Excellent sweet flavor.
- Note
- The seeds we received must have been crossed or mixed up, as some plants produced large red beefsteaks instead of pink. See Mexico Red for the red variant.
Seed source:
- Geza Korbely, Hungary 06
Year grown: 2013(crop failure), 2014
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
IL LO N
- 80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with a good yield of 1-1.5 lb pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor.
Seed source:
- NY MA C 96 (Carolyn Male of Latham, New York)
Year grown:
Location: Oblong, Illinois
TX AN S
- 80 days, indet., regular leaf plants with an average yield of 14-20 oz pink beefsteak fruit with outstanding flavor.
Seed source:
- Horace "Big Red" Boynton Jr. of Bethelridge, Kentucky 06
Year grown:
Location: Bastrop, Texas
History
- A family heirloom that was brought into the U.S. by a Mexican family living in the Midwest.
- First offered in the Seed Savers 1996 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Latham, New York (NY MA C), who received the seeds from a reader of Off the Vine.
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Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - plant. 2013-06-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - flowers. 2014-06-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - green fruit. 2014-07-19.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - ripe fruit. 2014-09-02.
Susan Anderson (TX AN S). Mexico - SETTFest 2008. Photo by Tim Hansford.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mexico - sliced fruit. 2014-09-02.
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